2006-11-06 02:59:46 · 10 answers · asked by ANTHONY M 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
stand by only if you leave for more than 1 day
2006-11-06 06:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are leaving your computer for a [longer] while, e.g. may be a night, than I would recommend putting it to hibernate. If you are going away shorter than that standby is a better option.
Though, keep in mind, a PC in standby mode does not save anything at all from memory. So, if you were working on a Word document before you left your PC on standby, the battery dies or there is a sudden electric spike, your PC will reboot without saving anything from memory. :-( However, if you left it in hibernation, it won't be a problem, because everything has been saved on your hard disk.
Something to watch: Your PC will need enough memory as much as your RAM on your harddisk, where it will store everything, though, this should only be a issue on older PCs, as PCs have larger hard drives these days.
Personally, I put my laptop to hibernation in these circumstances, since I have some documents and websites open most of the time.
In the end, I would say that this is more of qualitative than quantitative. Starting a PC from hibernation means everything comes back to screen as you left it, though, starting freshly means, you might have to open the documents and/or websites you were looking at, yourself manually.
Good luck !
2006-11-06 11:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by bYM007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It Depends, If You Are Leaving Briefly Then Put It On Stand By But If You Are Leaving For Hours On End Put It On Hibernate
2006-11-06 11:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by AHaskizzle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK heres the run down.
Hibernate saves a snapshot of your ram (what ever is currently running). then saves it in a hibernate file. Next it turns everything off (shuts down) Then when you turn your computer back on it starts up normally and then access the hibernate file and loads everything back up. Its slower than just shutting down so why not just turn it all off.
Standby basically turns off power consuming components like the hard disks and monitor. It switches the computer to a low power state. Its much like a warm boot. Any contents of memory and unsaved desktop settings are lost.
Really its better to just shut all the way down. Both have to restart normally.
2006-11-06 11:02:03 · answer #4 · answered by Helper123 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you hibernate you turn off the computer but it keeps the programs open at the time saved. This means that when you turn the computer back on it will load quicker and the documents you had open will still be there!
2006-11-06 11:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by OddSock 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better U press "Ctrl"+"Alt"+"Del" then select "Lock Computer"
Standby or hibernate need much space in harddisk
2006-11-06 11:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by Padma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no just turn off ur monitor
but if u think that some one will acess to ur computer and u have something u dont want to share just put the password and stand by ur computer
or
just put the password to ur screen saver
2006-11-06 11:07:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just use the Power saver that cuts off the monitor.
2006-11-06 11:03:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither one you should disable both and just turn off your moniter
2006-11-06 11:02:06 · answer #9 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither, turn it off.
2006-11-06 11:03:01 · answer #10 · answered by Dan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋